feathers

  1. sylvaniaduckmom

    Pekin’s Wing Tips

    Hi all - I have a 2 1/2 year old Pekin duck, Winnie, and her wing tips have almost always had trouble coming in. I’m wondering if there could possible be a reason for this, or if anyone else has experienced this? And if there is a solution? This is a year round situation for her. She’s...
  2. IHeartChickens10

    Sticky Chick

    I have a chick that hatched awhile ago. Seems healthy, happy, and dry, but just the back portion of her seems to have dried into hard clumps. Is she okay?
  3. The Official Huck

    New Feathers

    Hi! My little Muscovy is growing in some new feathers. I noticed this sort of clump of feathers near his tail. I’m new to keeping ducks so I’m not sure if this looks normal or if it’s irritated. Anyone know? And if it’s not normal, what should I do? Thanks ahead for your insight!
  4. S

    Tail feathers are shorter?

    Noticed my chickens tail feathers look like they’ve been chopped off, could it be molting or maybe something else happened to it?
  5. C

    Bullying or something else?

    I have a total of 8 hens. 4 are Silver Laced Wyandottes. 1 of them is the dominant hen. The other 3 have feathers missing from the area where it would usually be missing from a rooster and it's very red. I have seen her mount other hens. No blood that I can see and no sign of pests that I can...
  6. kfsilver

    Ingrown Feather "Bursting" Question

    I have an eight year-old hen who has what appears to be an ingrown feather on her saddle feathers area. She is a stress-plucker, so no doubt that has caused the issue (she *really* doesn't like temperature changes). My question is: how is it best to "burst" the feather? I have small sterile...
  7. B

    Snow White Down

    I am wondering wether anyone knows anything about Snow White down in ducks. I read an article recently about Snow White down in ducks but it didnt give any info on how to find these birds. It mentions that Muscovy and mallard derived ducks can have this Snow White gene but I don’t know how to...
  8. PBAndAlice

    Quick Frizzle Genetics Question

    Working on a project about Frizzle chickens for a school Open House and don't wanna look like a moron in front of the whole town so I need some help. I only have simple baseline knowledge of genetics so I don't understand the big words and I'm also getting a lot of mixed info. This is what I...
  9. hannahsocal

    How To Remove Damaged Primary Feathers?

    Hello y’all! I have an absolutely gorgeous hen that I’m planning on showing in the next few months at a few exhibitions. The issue is that my dad mistakingly clipped her wings because he mixed her up with a different girl. 😩😩😩😩 So she has 8 primary wing feathers (4 on each side) that are cut in...
  10. UnFlockingBelievable

    What's up with these wings?

    Tractor supply assorted bantams bin...what's up with the wings, 3 have wings like this... they are a couple days old... they all have feathery feet too! What are these little ones!?
  11. Lelers0820

    Whats up with this chick's feathers?

    Hiya, so about a week ago now me and my family got some chicks from bomgaars like normal. This americana chick in the pictures, named Piper, started growing in her feathers normally but some are curving weird. The curvy feathers only happens in a certain part of the wing, and on both wings. This...
  12. B

    Chooks not right

    My flock of 11 girls aren't going great. There are 9 Hylines, around 1yo, 1 black Australorp around 18 months and 1 old red chook. I treated them for red blood mites about a month ago, cleaned everything, multiple treatments with pestene powder, both the girls and their night lock up area. They...
  13. goatsandpeacocks

    what color is this chicken?

    I thought she was blue, but I’m kind of new to chickens, so I really don’t know what color hen 1 is. hen 2 give the appearance of being chocolate but has white tips on some feathers and white feathers on her feet. both were hatched in 2021
  14. horsegirlll

    chicken cloaca covered, maggot infested! help!

    whole story: i brought my chicken up to the house last night since she was laying on the ground in the coop in her own poo, she couldn’t get up. i cut some of the feathers off near her bum since they were covered in faeces and noticed a dark spot. i didn’t have time to do anything, so i put her...
  15. ElimAcres

    Cause of shredded like feathers???

    My Aunt has 7 chickens that are all displaying some abnormal feathering in varying degrees. Two are 7 year old Jersey Giants and 5 are about 9 mo old black Copper Marans. The majority of the feather issues are in the Marans. The feathers are curling a bit and appear to be kinda shredded at...
  16. ebisu

    Missing chicken during daylight. Only feathers left

    It's lightly raining and noon when I heard a thud and the hens screaming. I go outside and I see two piles of feathers, some feathers on the barrel (which I assume was the thud sound I heard), and a trail of feathers that stop in the middle of the yard. Just my luck, it starts pouring and I...
  17. G

    Close up Feathers patterns

    Just thought the patterns looked pretty cool and wanted to share! Toddler Mama chicken Black & white chicken 2 Rooster Grey chicken 2 ToddlerBlack & white chicken 2 Black & white chicken 1 Rooster White chicken Mama hen 5 week old chick 1 5 week old chick 2 5 week old chick 3 Friendly...
  18. titosfarm

    Yellow Scabbing

    Discussing the same hen in my previous posts, we gave her some Tylan tonight to treat her respiratory issues. As I was going to inject into her breast, I noticed her skin had lots of yellow crust on it at her the base of her feathers. We have already checked her for mites, and she has been...
  19. Epnh77

    Feather loss around neck

    Hi! I have one chicken who has lost feathers in a ring around her neck. There are no visible injuries or bugs. Her eating habits are fine and I haven’t observed the one rooster we have being rough with her or any of the hens. I’m hoping someone has thoughts or ideas based on experiences with...
  20. GreytChicken

    Attack During Molt

    Hello One of my Red Sexlinks, Rick, was attacked yesterday when our dog was mistakenly let out at the same time as the birds. I believe she’s recovering ok with a single puncture wound on her back. I have a strong feeling she was in the early stages of molt and loss a significant number of...
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